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00:00 Nigeria's Victor Boniface has indicated that he will miss this month's Africa Cup of Nations
00:06 after suffering a groin injury while training.
00:10 The 23-year-old Bayern Leverkusen striker was sidelined for his country's final warm-up
00:14 friendly against Guinea on Monday, which they lost 2-0.
00:19 Local media reported that he will be out of action for up to six weeks.
00:25 Boniface is the top scorer at Bundesliga leaders Leverkusen, with 10 goals in 16 league games
00:30 this season.
00:32 His injury comes on top of the recent withdrawal of Nigeria midfielder Wilfried Ndidi.
00:37 He was injured in Leicester City's 2-0 win over Cardiff City at the end of December.
00:42 Ndidi's Leicester team-mate Kelechi Ionacho is also struggling with injury.
00:47 The striker is being assessed at Nigeria's training camp with the expectation that he
00:51 will be fit for the tournament, which starts on Saturday.
00:56 Nigeria open their campaign in Group A with a game against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday,
01:01 before meeting hosts Ivory Coast and then Guinea-Bissau.
01:04 out.